Wickham Bishops Parish Magazine August 2020 · Items for the September 2020 magazine, which will be...
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Produced by St Bartholomew’s Church www.churchinwickhambishops.org.uk Wickham Bishops Parish Magazine August 2020
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Produced by St Bartholomew’s Church
www.churchinwickhambishops.org.uk
Wickham Bishops Parish Magazine August 2020
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Church Services for August
We are glad to be able to welcome worshippers to a 10.30 am service in
St. Bartholomew’s Church adding to our weekly provision of an online
service on FaceBook Live. Numbers for this service will be limited to 36
taking into account required social distancing.
Sunday orders of service are posted on the parish website
https://www.churchinwickhambishops.org.uk/
SUNDAY 2 Trinity 8
10.30 am Service of Holy Communion in St Bartholomew’s also on FaceBook Live
SUNDAY 9 Trinity 9
10.30 am Service of Holy Communion in St Bartholomew’s also on FaceBook Live
SUNDAY 16 Trinity 10
10.30 am Sunday Praise Service on the St Bartholomew’s Church Field also on FaceBook Live followed by Holy Communion in the Church followed by a picnic on the church field (keeping to social distancing and other guidelines, so in bubbles of 6 people)
SUNDAY 23 Feast of St Bartholomew
10.30 am Service of Holy Communion in St Bartholomew’s also on FaceBook Live
SUNDAY 30 Trinity 12
10.30 am Service of Holy Communion in St Bartholomew’s also on FaceBook Live
WEDNESDAYs
10.15 am Zoom Prayers (please email [email protected] if you
wish to be part of this so that we can send you the link)
2 - 4pm St. Bartholomew’s is open for Individual Private Prayer
with musical accompaniment from 3 pm.
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Parish Register
Baptisms None
Marriages None
Funerals Brian Shelley (aged 88) 17th July
Revd Hilary Le Sève Priest in Charge
The Rectory, 1 Church Road, Wickham Bishops CM8 3LA [email protected]
01621 892867 Hilary’s day off is Friday.
Revd Derek Clark Associate Priest
The Leas Farm Wickham Bishops Road Hatfield Peverel CM3 2JL
01245 380627
07860 235778
Barry Cousins Churchwarden
3 Harvey Road Great Totham CM9 8QA
01621 891355
Graham Wingrove Churchwarden
8 Arbour Lane Wickham Bishops CM8 3NS
07398 025442
Peter Bates
10 Church Green Wickham Bishops
01621 893173
Magazine Editor [email protected]
Kath Adkins Church Hall Bookings
[email protected] 01621 891143
Parish Contacts
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Letter from Reverend Hilary
With the wearing of face coverings mandatory now a legal requirement in shops, on public transport and in other locations during the present health crisis, I wonder how wearing one makes you feel. Certainly at first I felt awkward, not least because it had me questioning how could I properly ‘read’ someone else’s expression (but also because my glasses were steaming up!)
I am not alone in this but I am happy to wear a mask appropriately and distance myself from the attitude that we have seen in some circles with some saying ‘No-one’s going to tell me what to do’.
If wearing masks does make us feel disadvantaged, then perhaps we might consider another perspective; that of giving more attention to the whole of how someone else is behaving or communicating and not just to their face. There are all sorts of clues from the eyes or the hands, to the carriage of the shoulders that reveal whether someone is disinterested, excited, understanding or confused. Being reminded of these clues we discover an aspect to human communication that goes beyond the face, that is more subtle and perhaps can make us more vulnerable than if we were ‘barefaced’.
Rowan Williams in a recent letter to the people of St Clement’s Church in Cambridge wrote:- ‘In God’s presence, it’s our whole body, our whole self that speaks to God – in silence, in kneeling or prostration, in lifting hands and eyes. It’s as we attend to the wholeness of each other’s bodily presence, and as we hold our bodies restfully and alertly in God’s presence while we worship, that we begin slowly to grow towards the freedom to put aside our home-made, self-serving masks’.
May this season of face coverings be over soon but may it also be an opportunity to discover afresh what it is to be fully human and in relationship one with another.
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Wickham Bishops Flower Club …
Regrettably, the club will not resume until February 2021, in time for our
A.G.M. and first demonstration of the year. This decision was not taken
lightly, but comes as a result of numerous telephone conversations with
N.A.F.A.S., the area group, various demonstrators, our own committee,
as well as other flower clubs. Disappointing though this is, the safety
and well-being of our members is paramount - without whom there would
not be a Flower Club.
On a brighter, and much more optimistic note, next year will be the 50th
anniversary of the club, and with your support, will be a year to
remember - in a good way.
Look forward to seeing everyone again in 2021. Stay Healthy.
Wendy Blagrove (Chairman)
01621 892035
Update on the Library …
The Library Working Group welcomed the
reopening of our Village Library, albeit on slightly
reduced hours. See the poster on page 11 for details.
The team has continued to hold (online) meetings to discuss the future
of both the Library Service and the building itself, with ongoing
discussions being held with Essex County Council.
It is unlikely that the clubs and interest groups that we were in the
process of establishing will be able to meet again until next year,
although it may be possible to run a couple of them online. In the
meantime, please be assured that we have not forgotten you and will let
you know as soon as there is some good news to report.
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From the Parish Council …
A general meeting of the Parish Council was held online on the 14th July. Councillors were able to discuss items via a video link and residents were able to watch via a YouTube link. The minutes of the meeting can be found at www.wickhambishopsparishcouncil.org
Wickham Bishops needs a Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator. Groups of residents, usually within a limited geographical area, have created WhatsApp groups as a means of communicating with their neighbours and these can be used to inform others quickly if an incident occurs or
suspicious activity is seen. However, there is no overall coordination between the groups and no liaison with local police to pass on information provided by them. It is not an onerous task but would need to be someone with a computer and a couple of hours per month to be able to keep everyone connected. If you feel that this could be you, please contact our Parish Clerk using the details below.
The next general meeting of the Council is scheduled to be held, once again online, on Tuesday 1st September at 7.30 pm and will be available for residents to view on YouTube. Please check our website for the latest details and agenda.
Councillors may be contacted individually, or via the Parish Clerk on 07542 190176, or by email
Fireworks Fireworks can be great fun for some, but not everyone appreciates them. The council recently received several complaints following an evening when some fireworks were discharged at around 11.20 pm.
The law states that fireworks must not be used after 11 pm except on November 5th (midnight) and New Year’s Eve, Chinese New Year and Diwali (1 am).
Please consider your neighbours and their pets if you are intending to set off fireworks late in the evening. Thank you.
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Eighty years ago, between the
26th May and the 4th June saw
the Dunkirk evacuation, code-
named Operation Dynamo. At the
same time Miss Edith Prance who
lived in the cottage known as
Baxters in Great Totham Road,
Wickham Bishops was working
with seven WW1 colleagues
having set up a Canteen and Rest
Area for French soldiers in North
East France.
At the beginning of WW11 Miss
Prance aged 65 had volunteered
for war service having been an
Ambulance Driver in Northern
France and in Macedonia using
her own Model T Ford. She was
told to go home and get on with
her knitting!
With a number of WW1 veterans,
the Scottish Women’s Hospital
Royaumont Association Canteen
Unit was set up and under the
auspices of the Red Cross they
raised funds, contributed much of
their own money and set off for
France in February 1940. They
eventually set up camp only a
mile from the Maginot Line, the
line of concrete forts set along the
French border with Switzerland,
Germany and Luxembourg.
The Canteen was set up in an
empty girls’ school and soon had
a thousand French troops seeking
hospitality and buying small
essentials from their little shop.
The women were happy to be of
service once again to their
beloved ‘poilus’ – the equivalent
of the British ‘Tommy’.
Because of French censorship
they were unaware of the German
advance and the Dunkirk
evacuation until on the 13th June
1940 they suddenly received the
order from French authorities to
evacuate the area to Metz. The
ladies were reluctant to leave until
by chance they met a British Road
Transport Officer who told them
if they were not gone soon it
would be too late because road
bridges were being blown up; and
they also heard on the radio the
plaintive plea from the French
Prime Minister for help from the
USA.
Miss Prance with two colleagues
crammed their possessions into
her Singer ‘9’ two seater car with
dickie seat and set off. What
followed was six days of an
horrendous, hair-raising journey
all the way to the South Western
Local resident flees from the Nazi advance on the Maginot line
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port of Bayonne near the Spanish
border and back to the UK by
ship.
Miss Prance’s diary record of the
frightful journey, along with that
of a colleague, ‘Morgan’ in a
second car, was discovered by the
late Ian Valentine in the
Brotherton Library at Leeds
University.
The whole diary transcript of the
journey, along with the life-story
of Miss Prance can be read in
Ian’s biography of Edith,
“Driving to the Limit” available
from Cathy, Prances Cottage, Gt
Totham Rd. Tel’ 892876.
Miss Prance, with four siblings,
was the daughter of a Vicar. One
brother was also a Vicar who
helped at St B in retirement, and
another was in B-Ps South
African Constabulary.
A truly feisty, admirable and
public-spirited woman – a brilliant
read! (BJC June 2020)
I am very grateful to Barry Cousins for sending this article and I apologise for forgetting to include it last month when it was sent.
Editor
Maldon District Council … are pleased to announce that they are now able to take new applications to join the ‘Green Bin’ garden waste recycling scheme.
For further details go to https://www.maldon.gov.uk/info/20042/garden_waste/9525/garden_waste_collection_service
At the time of writing, the website still shows that new applications cannot be accepted, but this is not correct - they are !
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The One Stop Shop in Wickham Bishops is the drop-off point for
your donations of food items.
These can be placed in the Foodbank box within the shop.
Thank you for your continuing support during the Coronavirus crisis. We are very thankful for any support you can give. Foodbanks within the Trussell Trust network have seen an 89% increase across our network. By continuing to support us with your donations you are continuing to support those most in need.
We currently need:
Please no baked beans, cereals and biscuits as we have very full stocks of these items!
Please note: We often ask for small packs - larger packs do not fit in our boxes and make it difficult for our clients to carry home. Also, we are unable (for hygiene reasons) to split larger sizes or catering packs.
We are grateful for your donations to the Braintree Area foodbank.
However, we can only accept donations of freshly-bought, unopened and undamaged goods which are still well within their “use by” date (no less than 6 months). We cannot use items which do not meet these requirements, and the donation is wasted.
Thank you.
Food Items: Sponge puddings Rice pudding
Other Essentials: • Toothbrushes • Shampoo • Non-Bio washing liquid - we are unable to accept washing powders at present
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Published by the PCC of St Bartholomew Wickham Bishops and St Nicholas Little Braxted. The views expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the PCC nor can the Church guarantee the credentials or performance of any of the advertisers within this publication.
Items for the September 2020 magazine, which will be published online only, should be submitted to the editor by
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wæs hæil
For reasons that I won’t go into now, I was recently looking at the
origin of the word “Hello” which is our usual greeting when meeting
someone. Surprisingly, the use of the word in this way only goes
back as far as the mid 19th century and the invention of the
telephone - prior to that it had been used as a means of attracting
someone’s attention in the way that we might say “Hey” or “Ahoy”
today. The word itself probably derives from the Old German halâ
or holâ or the French holá.
Before we used hello, a common greeting might be “How do you do?”
or “Good day”; the latter is still used in many other European
languages such as “Bonjour”, “Guten Morgen”, “Buongiorno” or
“Buenos días” (interestingly, the Spanish say days in the plural).
However, around a thousand years ago, a common greeting would be
“wæs hæil” (from the Norse “ves heill” ) which meant “Be in good
health”. It is the origin of our words “Hail” as in “Hail Caesar”, not
the weather phenomenon, and “Wassail” which was a cup of wine,
often spiced, offered as a greeting.
Perhaps in these current times, with so many understandably
concerned with their health, we should revert to greeting each other
with “wæs hæil”. If you pronounce it as “wassail” you won’t be far
wrong.
Best Wishes and Keep Safe
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Business Directory
If I included the usual display advertisements, the size of the file to download would be prohibitively large, so I have prepared the text only business directory listed below.
Business owners can rest assured that their advertisements will still be included for a full twelve months from whenever we are able to produce printed copies again. In the meantime, I hope that this is an acceptable alternative.
I have included the business name under the type of business listed in the usual index and given one telephone number and either a website address or an email address.
Business type and name Phone No. Website or email address
Animals
Wag and Go Walkies 07377 065110 [email protected]
Appliances
C J Appliances 01245 225472
Domestic Appliance Repairs 01621 773709
Beauty
Aquarius Hair 01621 892888
Rebecca 01621 892547
The Mulberry Spa 01621 891924 www.themulberryspa.co.uk
Building & Maintenance
AMC Woodfinishers 01787 212252 www.amcwoodfinishers.co.uk
Essex Kitchens & Bedrooms 01621 893491 www.ekb.direct
J & J Windows & Doors 01621 788123 www.jjwindowsdoors.co.uk
Joe Murrell Windows & Doors 01621 891716
Masterworx Joinery 01621 332371 www.masterworxjoinery.co.uk
M H Property Maintenance 07712 671616 [email protected]
M R Home Improvements 0800 303 2982 www.mrhomeimprovements.co.uk
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Business type and name Phone No. Website or email address
Building & Maintenance cont.
NB Contracts Ltd 01621 834680 www.nbcontracts.co.uk
R A Lee Builders 01621 892503 [email protected]
TMS Roofing 01621 815604
Wise Maintenance 07804 490684
Carers
Helping Hands 01245 768718 www.helpinghands.co.uk
Moulsham Residential 01245 350750 [email protected]
Computers
General Geek 0800 133 7514 www.generalgeek.co.uk
PC Care Essex 01621 893290 www.pccareessex.co.uk
PC Doctor Operations Ltd 01621 891064 www.pcdoctoroperations.co.uk
PC Help Essex 01245 381256 www.pchelpessex.co.uk
Electrical Services
Electric King 01621 928315
Harry Cooper 07840 036886
Sigma Electrical 01621 892267 www.sigmaelectrical.org.uk
MW Parsley 07810 391588
Estate Agents
Church and Hawes 01621 893141 www.churchandhawes.com
Finance
Avenlea Accounting 01245 790443
Jonathan Clark 01621 892324
Florists
Brown's Blooms and Balloons 01621 892315 www.brownsbloomsandballoons.co.uk
Floral Expressions 01376 500611 www.floral-expressions.co.uk
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Business type and name Phone No. Website or email address
Food & Drink
Upsons Farm Shop 01245 380274 www.upsonscountrystore.co.uk
Funeral Services
A G Smith 01621 854293 www.agsmithfunerals.co.uk
East of England Coop 01621 834970 www.eastofengland.coop/funerals
Hunnaball of Witham 01376 573691 www.hunnaball.co.uk
Richards Funeral Service 01376 513114 www.dignityfuneral.co.uk
Gardens
A P Groundcare Machinery 01621 850905 www.apgroundcare.com
Denmark Garden Services 07546 599871 [email protected]
East Anglian Landscape 07811 800800 www.eastanglianfencing.co.uk
Hughes & Son 01621 892789
James Andrew Landscaping 01621 767818 www.jamesandrewlandscaping.co.uk
Lady Gardener 07443 035443 [email protected]
Olivers Nurseries 01376 513239 www.oliversnurseries.co.uk
Perrywood Nursery www.perrywood.co.uk
Health & Fitness
Dee Witherspoon 01245 697748 www.baddowparktherapies.co.uk
Lauren Northfield 01621 892404 [email protected]
Massage For Movement 07778 370488 [email protected]
The Physio Rooms 07584 670898 www.thephysiorooms.net
Wickham Bishops Health Foods 01621 890004 www.wickhambishopshealthfoods.co.uk
Heating & Plumbing
Billericay Fuel Services 01268 710310 www.bfsfuelservices.uk
Blackwater Fuels Ltd 01621 868868 www.blackwaterfuels.co.uk
BPA Kennedy Plumbing 01621 890039
Matthew Clark 07852 207743
Plumbing - Harry Cooper 07840 036886
Wickham Bishops Woodlands 07753 452085 www.wickhambishopswoodlands.co.uk
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Business type and name Phone No. Website or email address
Home
Bright and Beautiful 01376 319556 www.brightandbeautifulhome.com
Dawn’s Home Help 01621 860428 [email protected]
Careclean Carpet Cleaning 01621 769012
Mantsbrite Systems Ltd 01621 853003 [email protected]
Powerdean Cleaning Services 01621 473727 www.powerdean.co.uk
Pressing Needs Ironing 07970 642606 [email protected]
Simon Houlding Upholstery 01621 859484 www.simonhoulding.co.uk
Wild Things Pest Control 07771 356731 [email protected]
Motoring & Travel
Markham & Smith 01376 520351 [email protected]
Wenway Solutions - Private Hire 01245 380370 www.wenwaysolutions.co.uk
Painting & Decorating
Colin Goodchild Decorating 07979 710517 www.colingoodchilddecorating.co.uk
Deborah Cannom 01621 850927 [email protected]
Finishing Touch 01621 819109
L Johnson Decorator 01621 891674
Paul Clary Painter & Decorator 01621 868355 [email protected]
RC Martin Painting & Decorating 01621 817530
Square Foot Redecoration 01621 815078 [email protected]
Solicitors
Mitchell Plampin Partnership 01621 852566 www.mppsolicitors.co.uk
Tuition
June Cook Piano Lessons 01621 894947
Lucia Carnell (Cello & Violin) 01621 893076
Schoolserve Tuition 01376 502561 www.schoolserve.info
